Sam Bell is nearing the end of his contract with Lunar. He's been a faithful employee for 3 long years. His home has been Sarang, a moon base where he has spent his days alone, mining Helium 3. The precious gas holds the key to reversing the Earth's energy crisis.
Isolated, determined and steadfast, Sam has followed the rulebook obediently and his time on the moon has been enlightening, but uneventful. He does his job mechanically, and spends most of his available time dreaming of his imminent return to Earth, to his wife, young daughter and an early retirement.
But 2 weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him... and the new recruit is eerily familiar.
After watching Coco Before Chanel where the camera is on Audrey Tautou's face 90% of the time, this movie is even more ultimate with the screen on Sam Rockwell's face 99% of the time. And like Audrey Tautou, Sam Rockwell also did very well in playing the role of the astronaut in this a little creepy and old school settings sci-fi film.
I'm not a big fan of sci-fi films and I generally avoid sci-fi films when watching movies. Somehow, the synopsis of this film was rather appealing to me. And thank goodness the movie was what i thought it will be - It was more "humane" than sci-fi.
With almost a one-man cast, limited budget and this being the Director's debut, this movie certainly exceeded all expectations. But given the storyline and flow of the movie and like how all other Picturehouse films are suppose to be, this movie will probably appeal to a limited group of audience.
The creepy part of this story is that what is happening in the movie actually seems believable in time to come. And when that happens, being an astronaut might no longer be as glamorous as it seems to be.